From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 25 2:29:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay1.intercom.es (relay1.intercom.es [212.66.160.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FD4D37B4CF for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 02:29:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from lix.intercom.es (root@lix.intercom.es [212.66.160.2]) by relay1.intercom.es (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAP9FJL03211; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:15:19 +0100 Received: from intercom.es (iv1-44.intercom.es [212.66.168.44]) by lix.intercom.es (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA28432; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:10:18 +0100 Received: (from megarcia@localhost) by intercom.es (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eAPATGO00721; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:29:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from megarcia) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:29:16 +0100 From: Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta To: david@banning.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web hosting with a dynamic IP address question Message-ID: <20001125112916.A372@ilex.kicelo.org> References: <200011250537.AAA00520@d.tracker> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <200011250537.AAA00520@d.tracker> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David, === David Banning escribia (Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 12:37:37AM -0500): > > I would like to call into my computer and access it like a web host > from somewhere else on the web. My thought is that this should be possible > if my IP address is known. > > Since my dynamic IP address changes on every dialup, > would it not be possible for my FreeBSD machine to, following connection > do some inquiry into what my IP address is, then have FreeBSD copy the > IP address to my external WEB site, where I could have a link/script > that takes the address and guides me into my home server? It should be possible, have you cheked /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup (for userland ppp ) or /etc/ppp/ip-up (for kernel ppp ) ? Or maybe you are not using ppp ? Manuel Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message